People who are looking for a committed partner often have a love-hate relationship with dating apps. Even though these platforms can be time-consuming and frustrating,
Blind dates are romantic meetups between two people who have never met before arranged by someone else—a mutual friend, relative or matchmaker. Maybe your best
Whether you usually meet people online or get set up by friends, your opinions about dating will always be influenced by your own experiences. But
Dating with the intent to find a committed partner can seem like a thankless process. You spend hours swiping on dating apps without finding a
Many people meet their significant other through “traditional” dating methods. These include meeting at a bar or connecting through mutual friends. These “extra” activities, however, have
The current dating scene is a minefield where one can find themselves overwhelmed with the plethora of dating apps and websites, and having too many
Welcome to A Single Serving Podcast: this is where we change the discussion around being single into one that doesn’t suck…
This week, a reporter for a national magazine rung us up to ask how a gal could know if her fella is “marriage material.” They’re looking for specific “signs” that a boyfriend might be a keeper, and wondered how we might advise a client asking this type of question. Our matchmakers, as you can imagine, had plenty of answers for her. But it got me to thinking–because of course nothing is simple when it comes to people’s love lives–that maybe this wasn’t the right question. Or rather, that this simple question stirred up other questions that feel more fundamental and somehow important, like, “why do people date in the first place?” or, asked another way, “is it correct to assume that everyone dating hopes it will lead to marriage?”
So what SHOULD you talk about? Everything else! The best relationships begin with a conversation–a two-way conversation. They unfold naturally, organically, as two people introduce their best selves to one another, discovering along the way, and hopefully developing an appreciation for who that other person actually is. (Which is why the very idea of “choosing” a potential mate from a photograph or basic profile is so wholly ineffective.)
Good date conversation starters can’t be answered with a simple “yes” or “no”, but are open-ended, with the power to spark a conversation that might last for hours. Some examples…
Since we specialize in first dates, our matchmakers are often asked for appropriate date icebreakers.
We curate blind date experiences that we plan and book for our matches.
Suddenly face-to-face with a potential new love interest, new clients struggle a little bit for “safe” topics and tried-and-true conversation starters. What should or shouldn’t they say?…
If you’re ever felt overwhelmed or even hopeless about your romantic prospects you might be experiencing what’s known as dating fatigue. Dating fatigue can come
The holiday season is supposedly the most wonderful time of the year—and that’s even more true if you’re single and looking for love. According to
Blind dates are romantic meetups between two people who have never met before arranged by someone else—a mutual friend, relative or matchmaker. Maybe your best
Ghosting is fairly common in the online dating world: You and a potential match messaging back and forth for a few days (or even weeks)
Whether you usually meet people online or get set up by friends, your opinions about dating will always be influenced by your own experiences. But
Introverts often get overlooked in the dating world and can feel dejected by the process. There’s a bit of a feedback loop that introverts are
When you start dating someone new, the excitement can cause common sense to take a backseat. You may hear stories from friends and think, “I’d
You’ve been dating for a while and the question looms in the air: are you in a committed relationship? Being in a relationship is very
